This building stands on the east side of Triumph Road, just south
of the Sir Colin Campbell (Gateway) Building. This building has a timber frame
with timber cladding and the latest technologies are
being used to allow the building to be carbon neutral over its
lifetime. It will get it's energy from solar power and sustainable
biomass.
The architects are FDG Fairhursts who have offices in
Manchester and Southampton and the main contractor for the project is
Morgan Sindall who are based in Rugby. The building is unique in the UK both in terms of construction and
functionality and is another great modern building to add the the already
impressive collection on The Jubilee Campus / Innovation Park.

The
twelve
photographs immediately below are of the replacement building and
were
taken on 19th October 2016.
From what I could see, I think the building is now at least partly
occupied and in use. Fences have come down giving access to the
south side of the building and as a result new views of the building could
be photographed. It all looks really great in the lovely sunshine.

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The
twelve
photographs immediately below are of the replacement building and
were
taken
on 4th August 2016.Excellent progress has again been made since my last visit in May and
the exterior of the building is now complete along with most of the
landscape work and planting save for a bit of turf at the back. As well as
being a great design, the builders have really delivered a quality job
which is evident down the the small details. The gardeners are also
to be congratulated for the planting around the main entrance. Work
appears to be ongoing to complete the interior fit out, and it can't be
long now before the lab comes into operation.

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The
twelve
photographs immediately below are of the replacement building and
were
taken
on 1st May 2016.Again, excellent progress has been made since my last visit in January and
it is now possible to get a good idea of what the finished building will
look like. Nearly all the external timber cladding and decorative
finishes are now complete, the solar electric panels and the solar hot
water panels have been installed along with the turf roof. The entrance is
now visible and work is in hand on landscaping the earth to flow
into the roofline.

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The
eight
photographs immediately below are of the replacement building and
were
taken
on 9th January 2016 Good progress has been made since my last visit last August and the
timber shell and cladding appears to be substantially complete with glass
being installed and solar panels being fitted to the roof.

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The
eight
photographs immediately below are of the replacement building and
were
taken
on 8th August 2015

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The
twelve
photographs immediately below are of the replacement building and
were
taken
on 2nd July 2015

Bad News
on 13-09-2014:Today's
issue of The Nottingham Post reported that this building was totally
destroyed by fire during the previous night. It is thought that the blaze
started at around 8.30 PM on Friday.
Click here to go
to the Nottingham Post
site with pictures of the fire.
After an extensive investigation by the police and fire investigation
experts, it was concluded the the fire was started by an electrical
fault in some temporary wiring in the rearmost tower. The site was subsequently cleared and work is in progress on
the replacement building.

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All
the
photographs below are of the original building and were
taken
on 16th June 2014 before it was destroyed by fire